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Curated by Dr Gwenneth Miller in collaboration with Project Director Dr Thelma Louw and the UNISA Science Campus Management Team.

Article: Stunning sustainable art wows Unisa

Article by Hetta Pieterse

House in my head  (2022-2024)

Artists: Heinrich Joemath and Spier Arts Trust in collaboration with Emma Willemse. Mosaic artisans: Henrico Lott, Dylon Geel, Sandile Dlamini, Jaden Kohler, Zeenat Khan. Spier Enterprise Services Managers: Tammy Job and Mirna Wessels.

Material: Mosaic with steel frame.

Format: 3,78m (h) x 1,9m (w) x 10cm (d)

Kaleidoscope Alchemy (2023 - 2024)

Artists: Linda Hanekom, with Gideon and Life Dlamimni

Material: Recycled windshield glass, Perspex, Aluminium, Steel, M1, Stainless Steel, bolts, nuts, OSB board and vermiculite concrete.

Format: 2m (h) x 4m (w) x 1,7m (d)

Mthimkulu we mpilo (2023)
Lead artist: Sue Clark. Artist team: Kabelo Maja, Daniel Mosako, Jens Juterbock, Richard Clark

Material: Cleared exotic gum tree trunks, recycled steel.

Format: 3.2m (h) x 4m (w) x 4m x (d)

Cosmogram (2024)
Spaza Trust Mosaics. Lead artist: Dionne MacDonald. Artist team: Antoinette Koekemoer, Ayanda Ogqoyi, Hetta Pieterse, Jacob Kwena Ramaboya, Neo Ramushi, Phindi Ramaboya, Simon Mafutso and Zenzele Simelane. Original design by Andrew Lindsey

Material: Picassiette Mosaic incorporing recycled materials pieces of broken ceramics, tiles, jewellery, bottles and other found objects such as pebbles, slate, smalti, glass, mirror and handmade detailed tiles. Grout, tile bond and tile cement

Format: 6 m diameter